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Hamble
(gcide) | Hamble \Ham"ble\ (h[a^]m"b'l), v. t. [OE. hamelen to mutilate,
AS. hamelian; akin to OHG. hamal[=o]n to mutilate, hamal
mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf.
Hamper to fetter.]
To hamstring. [Obs.]
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shambles
(mass) | shambles
- neporiadok, zmätok |
shamble
(encz) | shamble,belhat v: Zdeněk Brožshamble,chaos n: Zdeněk Brožshamble,loudat se v: Zdeněk Brožshamble,šourání n: Zdeněk Brož |
shambled
(encz) | shambled, |
shambles
(encz) | shambles,binec Zdeněk Brožshambles,na cucky adj: [hovor.] [brit.] Rostislav Svobodashambles,nepořádek n: Zdeněk Brožshambles,zmatek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Shamble
(gcide) | Shamble \Sham"ble\, n. [OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel,
sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of
scamnum a bench, stool.]
1. (Mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one
above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively
from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher
level.
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2. pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold.
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As summer flies are in the shambles. --Shak.
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3. pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
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To make a shambles of the parliament house. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Shamble \Sham"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shambled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shambling.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to
slip away, escape. Cf. Scamble, Scamper.]
To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak;
to shuffle along.
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Shambled
(gcide) | Shamble \Sham"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shambled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shambling.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to
slip away, escape. Cf. Scamble, Scamper.]
To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak;
to shuffle along.
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shamble
(wn) | shamble
n 1: walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your
feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" [syn:
shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling]
v 1: walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room";
"We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" [syn:
shuffle, scuffle, shamble] |
shambles
(wn) | shambles
n 1: a condition of great disorder
2: a building where animals are butchered [syn: abattoir,
butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse] |
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